other nearby maya cities . the site , however , was often at war and inscriptions tell of alliances and conflict with other maya states , including ua ##xa ##ct ##un , cara ##col , nara ##n ##jo and cal ##ak ##mu ##l . the site was defeated at the end of the early classic by cara ##col , which rose to take ti ##kal ' s place as the paramount center in the southern maya lowlands . the earlier part of the early classic saw hostilities between ti ##kal and its neighbor ua ##xa ##ct ##un , with ua ##xa ##ct ##un recording the capture of prisoners from ti ##kal . there appears to have been a breakdown in the male succession by ad 317 , when
other nearby maya cities. the site, however, was often at war and inscriptions tell of alliances and conflict with other maya states, including uaxactun, caracol, naranjo and calakmul. the site was defeated at the end of the early classic by caracol, which rose to take tikal's place as the paramount center in the southern maya lowlands. the earlier part of the early classic saw hostilities between tikal and its neighbor uaxactun, with uaxactun recording the capture of prisoners from tikal. there appears to have been a breakdown in the male succession by ad 317, when